Power management vendor Verdiem has updated its Surveyor tools that help users regulate energy consumption by Windows-based PCs with features that solve 'PC insomnia' and that automatically close open applications.

In the end, Google played a significant part in the undoing of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, the latest example of Google's ability to interfere with Microsoft's attempts to boost its online-advertising business.

I was struck by Sir Tim Berners-Lee's recent comments about the history of the World Wide Web. Fifteen years ago, CERN released the web's code into the public domain, sparking a revolution that has deeply impacted communications, computing, and society at large.

Just in case you've suddenly emerged from a coma and hadn't noticed, Tuesday was Earth Day here on our planet. And it seems like everybody is putting on their green. Even the US government has a site celebrating its efforts to save the earth.